The Week We Watched the News

Poetry may seem an anachronistic pursuit, but only to those out of the know. Even at age 100, we still keep our ear on the pulse and our finger to the tracks, and we find that goings-on in the poetry world often parallel those on the AP wire.

There’s an election going on. One of the two guys running for President said some remarkable things at an expensive fundraising dinner. Julian Gough attempts to present the candidate’s ideas with more elegance.

Performance matters. Ugly Duckling Presse is soliciting funds to document those experiences that cannot be replicated. Chip in if you’ve ever said, “Yeah, the chapbooks are so-so. But that poet just smokes live.”